Showing 1 - 10 of 386
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002290177
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000577410
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000576847
Klappentext: Hamburg ist eine der wenigen Städte auf der Welt, die seit über 1000 Jahren von der Globalisierung …, Venedig, Brügge. Aber während diese Städte alle einen kolossalen Niedergang erlebt haben, ist Hamburg nach wie vor on top. Die …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003918796
-- An entrepôt in the north : Hamburg as a centre of maritime trace and transport -- Depending on the city's commerce : the … 'regional' Hamburg insurance market in the eighteenth century -- A business of its own : the 'global' Hamburg insurance market …"Since 1736, Hamburg's price current consistently listed the marine insurance premiums of the Hanseatic Town as well as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013202906
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001596768
"America's educational system excels in at least one area: university-based research. Why? Miguel Urquiola, an economist of education, argues that the key is that the United States takes a free market approach to education. Urquiola begins by showing how dominant American universities are in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012198282
The paper suggests that international differences in educational institutions explain the large international differences in student performance in cognitive achievement tests. A microeconometric student-level estimation based on data for more than 260,000 students from 39 countries reveals that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011476923
"Universities are fundamental to the contemporary knowledge economy. They directly and indirectly support economic growth in both developing and advanced economies. In addition to their traditional teaching and research functions, they often also have important roles in supporting regional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009387218
Universities are under increasing pressure to help promote socio-economic growth in their local communities. However until now, no systematic, critical attention has been paid to the factors and mechanisms that currently make this process so daunting. In Universities and Regional Development,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009560830